The Adoration of the Shepherds, 14th century
Bartolo di Fredi (Italian, Sienese, active by 1353, died 1410)
Italian; Made in Siena
Tempera on wood, gold ground, arched top

Thou art of alle man fairest to behold

Thou art a man who is stoor

Of great halignis you are

Gaderen around you the good shepherds

To listen to the greet news

And praisen the nativity of Jhesus

To spreden the incredible adorn

And to mark a special day

As you lay on a bedde in a bern

With bankers around you

And red and grene on the walls

With the angels looking down upon thee.

Banker=embroidered cover for a bench or chair

Stoor=Powerful, Strong

Halignis=Holiness

Spreden=Spread

Praisen=Praise

Grene=Green

Bedde=Bed

Bern=Barn